Switzerland

We spent most of yesterday driving towards Switzerland. We stopped in Innsbruck of Winter Olympics fame (which is very pretty) and took a quick walk around. Our tour guide is not allowed to give tours on the streets, so he filled us up with information and just told us to follow him. Apparently, if they're not official city tour guides, they could get fined. When we got to Maximillian's Golden Roof, the sun popped out briefly for pictures.

I noticed that Mom is using computer slang now...uh...am I going to get my computer back when I get back home? And yes, I realized that it was your message, mom, that won the prize! You were first, anyway, even if wirt does mean worthy as well.

We stopped for lunch at another roadside self-serve restaurant in the mountains. I don't know how many castles we have passed. Then we hit the Swiss border, and I found a German book of pixel puzzles, so was happy. What seemed like forever later, we arrived at Pontresina, which is near some glacier. We hopped on horse drawn carriages that took us up the mountain for an hour to a little viewpoint. The sun peeked out on occasion on the mountain while we were there...it's very good for those picture ops!

After that, we arrived at our hotel in St. Moritz at 7 and had dinner. I'm glad dinner is included here, as this seems to be the haunting ground of the rich and famous. The streets are lined with Versace, Ballys, Rolex, etc. stores.

This morning we're off soon after breakfast as we have to catch the Glacier Express into Zermatt. We've got two nights in Zermatt. One of those days we will go up the Grogneratt and one of them the Klein Matterhorn (not the Matterhorn itself) - although I myself might just opt for one of the mountain ascents.

I'd better go as I do have to pay 1 swiss franc for 20 minutes here...

Later, folks!

Trace